The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-10-18
ON MER CIAL.


HONOL TLU, OCT. IS, 1887.
Business in town during the week has been
exceedingly quiet.
The arrivals from foreign ports were {. S.
S. Mohican, and the bark Peter Goddefroy.
The departures to foreign ports were the
w. @. Irwin, with a cargo valued at S24, l64
to san Francisco, AID the Jas. A. King, in
ballast to Port Townsend.
The produce receipts from domestic ports
were 6,09l bags sugar, 1856 bags paddy and
rice, 800 hides and goat skins. S35 bags ava,
253 live stock and 80 cords wood.
The diffusion process of making sugar con-
sists in cutting the cane used into small
strips and exhansting the saccharine matter
by Immersion IN hot water. The superiority
claimed for the new process over the old plan
of crushing the cane les IN the fact that
practically all the sweet principle In the cane
Is exhausted. The sugar contained IN the
water Is evaporated by boiling Experiments
made at Fort Scott, Kan, last year, showed
the practicabiiity of the new method. The
only important point to be settled was
whether the expense of evaporating the sugar
from the hot water would not cost more
than the extra sugar obtained by the process
would be worth. According to recent advIces
this point has been satisfactorily settled.
The material used was sorghum cane, and a
yield of 1.200 TO 1900 pounds of sugar per
acre of sorghum cane was secured. The
sugar obtained molaSses Is also made at the
rate of ten gallons per ton of cane used.
Each acre of land produces ten to fifteen
tons of sorghum cane. In an interview
recently. MIR. Coleman. Commissioner of
Agriculture, expressed himself as well pleased
with the results of the experiments and as
confident of the process proving an important
factor IL rendering this country finally indie
pendent of foreign countries for its supply of
sugar. As yet only sorghum cane has been
treated Ii is stated, however, that similar
experiments Will be made with Louisiana
sugar cane some time this fall.-Bradstreet s,
Sept. Il.
At Louisville the leaf tobacco crop in the
field is constantly deteriorating under the
continued drouth. Some tobacco Is being
cut to prevent firing in the field. This year 5
crop IN pounds is not likely to exceed one
third of last years crop, with the quality
very poor.
The import trade of the United States in
July showed slight increase over the same
month in 1856, while exports showed larger
proportionate decrease. The total imports
IN July, 1887. were valued at S56, 60l ,0l3,
against S55,656. 269 in July, 1856. The total
exports were 81, 500, 1913, against SOL, S63, sos
IN 1856. As regards the movement of foreign
trade during the seven months of the calen-
dar year. 1t is found that the imports in 1887
were S4I4,0Sl, 204. against S3S4. 245 SS1 in 1856
The exports, on the other hand, are almost
identically the same as last year. being 1872.
49S. 353 in 1887, against S372, 357, 40 in 1856.
Touching the import trade III July, coffee,
free of duty. increased about 100000 in
value over July, 1856. Sugar showed a heavy
decrease, being only about half what it was
in July, 1886.
Russia, Roumania, Danube and Austria
Hungary have poor corn crops this year.
which may increase the export frcm the
wheat growing region of America upwards
of 20,0OO,0OO bushels, equalling the 1885 ex-
port movement